HMS Quebec (1781)
Capture of the American frigate South Carolina by the British frigates Diomede, Quebec and Astrea | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Quebec |
| Ordered | 15 September 1779 |
| Builder | George Parsons, on the Hamble River at Bursledon, Hampshire. |
| Launched | 24 May 1781 |
| Decommissioned | 1812 |
| Honours & awards | Naval General Service Medal (NGSM), with clasp "2 Aug. Boat Service 1811" |
| Fate | Sold in July 1816 for breaking up. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 32-gun Active-class frigate |
| Tons burthen | 700 tons |
| Sail plan | Frigate |
| Complement | 250 |
| Armament | 32 |
HMS Quebec was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1781 and broken up in 1816. She sailed under various captains, participating in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. During these wars she captured many enemy merchantmen and smaller privateers. One action led to her men qualifying for clasp to the Naval General Service Medal.